Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years 1.0.0.0

Today instant messengers are ubiquitous, but when ICQ (I Seek You) was first released in 1997, it was truly the first of its kind. Though competitors such as Yahoo Instant Messenger and AIM have since encroached on ICQ's territory,
Arriving fast on the heels of the emerging MP3 digital format, Nullsoft's Winamp was one of the darlings of the burgeoning digital audio scene in the late '90s. This free audio player quickly gained popularity.
Napster was a groundbreaking application that enabled users to share MP3s painlessly for the first time through a peer-to-peer network. Napster has since been sued, shuttered, and reborn as a subscription music service, but its legacy remains.
Developed by the open-source Mozilla project in 2003, Firefox was the first browser to show the promise of breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the browser market. Lightweight, secure, and packed with useful features.
When CNET Download.com launched in 1996, WinZip was among the first programs in our library, The reason is simple: For many years, WinZip was an essential utility. You couldn't download or send large files without it. Even the fact that Windows XP now has built-in ZIP support hasn't diminished its popularity. it does one thing--compressing and decompressing files--and it does it very well.
iTunes is not only a full-featured media player and library in its own right, it's also the gateway for Apple's iPod and popular music store, creating an elegant and simple interface for buying and organizing music.
Ad-aware here was adware coming along for the ride. Lavasoft did its part to hold the line with Ad-aware, a spyware scanner and remover.
Skype, they certainly can. The prospect of making free calls to folks all over the globe has persuaded millions of people to install the software; the ease of use and surprising voice quality.
Adobe Acrobat Reader portable document format (PDF) lets publishers distribute their articles.
Real player plays almost every media format.